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KW16 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 169 road traffic collisions in the KW16 postcode district, Orkney Islands, from 1979 to 2025, and 248 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 49 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
169
2,593rd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
248
1.47 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
49
57 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for KW16

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal74.1%
  • Serious4929%
  • Slight11367%

What the data shows

  • KW16 had 32 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 47 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in KW16 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 25 children under 16 were killed or injured in KW16, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in KW16.

Where KW16 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,593rd
Most casualties
2,595th
Most fatal collisions
2,498th
Most serious collisions
2,589th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (13%)
  • Tuesday16 (9.5%)
  • Wednesday30 (18%)
  • Thursday21 (12%)
  • Friday29 (17%)
  • Saturday29 (17%)
  • Sunday22 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight112 (66%)
  • Dark, no street lighting47 (28%)
  • Dark, street lights lit6 (3.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (2.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway158 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (3.6%)
  • Roundabout2 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (1.2%)
  • 20 mph2 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph22 (13%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.2%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph138 (82%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds120 (71%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (4.1%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (3.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other7 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant189 (76%)
  • Pedestrian22 (8.9%)
  • Motorcyclist15 (6%)
  • Cyclist11 (4.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.8%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.4%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

KW16 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in KW16, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in KW16 peaked at 13 in 2002; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202400
202345
202235
202100
202011
2019911
201857
201712
201677
201534
201456
201355
201222
201149
201022
200959
200889
200755
2006810
2005614
20041016
2003714
20021323
200179
200067
19991120
199800
19971120
199600
199512
199411
199311
199200
199100
199000
198900
198812
198711
198625
198511
198411
198344
198255
198100
198000
197911

Map of recent crashes in KW16

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in KW16

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in KW16

The 24 most recent collisions in KW16 happened between 21 February 2018 and 29 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in KW16

The A965 has the most collisions in KW16, 69 of 169 (41%), followed by the A967 (17).

Collisions in KW16 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA96569108219
2ndA967172215
3rdA96471213
4thA98661101

Council area for KW16

KW16 is in the Orkney Islands, where police recorded 1,401 collisions from 1979 to 2025. KW16 accounts for 12% of them.